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Yuji Usui
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[[Eri Fukatsu]]
[[Masanobu Andō]]
[[Hiroyuki Ikeuchi]]
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Teruo Takeno
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Space Travelers | |
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スペーストラベラーズ | |
Directed by | Katsuyuki Motohiro |
Written by | Yoshikazu Okada |
Produced by | Toru Horibe Masatake Kondô Yuji Usui Yasushi Sutô |
Starring | Takeshi Kaneshiro Eri Fukatsu Masanobu Andō Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Sawa Suzuki Masahiro Kômoto Teruo Takeno Toshio Kakei Ken Watanabe |
Cinematography | Osamu Fujiishi |
Edited by | Takuya Taguchi |
Music by | Akihiko Matsumoto |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Toho Co., Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | JPY ¥1,130,000,000 |
Space Travelers (スペーストラベラーズ, Supesutoraberaz) is a 2000 Japanese action-comedy-crime film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro. The film stars Taiwanese-Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eri Fukatsu, Masanobu Andō, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Sawa Suzuki, Masahiro Kômoto, Teruo Takeno, Toshio Kakei and Ken Watanabe. The title of the movie is based on an anime that the character Fujimoto is obsessed with. A full-length straight to video animation film was released in mid-2000 named Space Travelers: The Animation also produced by Fuji Television Network and Robot films, which was both companies were also involved with the production of the live featured film.
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With the time passing, the hostages begin to sympathize with the three robbers and decide to help them. Nishiyama gets an idea that could help them, try to fool the police into thinking that they are more than what they are in reality. They all decide to take on the identity of a member of Fujimoto favorite anime and calling themselves "The Space Travelers". Strangely every one has a character that really corresponds to their personality and they will soon begin to develop a real association to their character, forgetting their own personality, as they all begin to be more active in the new improvised band of bank robbers. This matter doesn't help the police at all, confusing them even more as they try to solve the delicate hostage situation. [1]
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